Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the report, The Forgotten Many: A 2020 Vision for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, published in June 2020.

‘The Forgotten Many: A 2020 Vision for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis’, was published in June 2020 and was funded by Novartis.

The report sets out a wide range of recommendations for NHS England and NHS Improvement and local commissioners around awareness, treatment pathways and support. NHS England and NHS Improvement are aware of the report, and a range of activity is underway to improve awareness, treatment, care and support for people neurological conditions, including secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), which are relevant to the recommendations.